# Victor Entertainment

Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社, Bikutā Entateinmento kabushiki-gaisha) is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Entertainment operates the RCA Victor label.

## History

* April 1972: Victor Musical Industries, Inc. (ビクター音楽産業株式会社, Bikutā Ongaku Sangyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is spun off as a subsidiary of JVC.
* September 30, 1982: JVC Musical Industries, Inc. is founded in the U.S.
* February 1984: The sales and marketing department of JVC is spun off as Nihon AVC, Inc. (日本エイ・ブイ・シー株式会社, Nihon EiBuiShī Kabushiki-gaisha).
* January 1990: JVC Musical Industries announces its first video game release will be Boulder Dash.
* October 30, 1991: JVC Musical Industries Europe, Ltd. is founded.
* April 1993: Nihon AVC and Victor Musical Industries merge and the name is changed to Victor Entertainment, Inc. (ビクターエンタテインメント株式会社, Bikutā Entateinmento Kabushiki-gaisha).
* October 1, 1996: Victor Interactive Software takes over video game-related activities after Pack-In-Video is merged with Victor Entertainment.
* May 1, 1997: JVC Musical Industries is renamed to JVC Music, Inc.
* May 14, 1997: JVC Musical Industries Europe is renamed to JVC Music Europe, Ltd.
* February 24, 1999: JVC Music, Inc. is dissolved
* March 1999: Victor Entertainment's main office is moved.
* March 31, 2003: Victor Interactive Software is acquired by Marvelous Entertainment and becomes Marvelous Interactive.
* May 8, 2006: JVC Music Europe is dissolved.
* April 2014: Victor Entertainment's corporate name is changed to JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Corporation.
* April 2024: JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment changed their corporate name back to Victor Entertainment, Inc.

## Labels
### Records

* AB-Victor France
* Aosis Records
* CJ Victor Entertainment (joint venture with CJ E&M of South Korea)
* Colourful Records
** ELA Music (Kaela Kimura's label)
** her (SCANDAL's label)
* Cypress Showers
* Getting Better
* Globe Roots
* Happy House
* Hihirecords (for babies and kids)
* Invitation
* JVC Entertainment (production, artist managements, and overseas products)
** Flying Dog (animation-related products)
* FlyingStar Records (formerly BabeStar Label)
** rookiestar
* JVC Jazz
* JVC World Sounds
* Mob Squad (Dragon Ash Private Label)
* Nafin
* Speedstar International
* Speedstar Records
* Taishita (Southern All Stars Private Label, joint venture with Amuse, Inc.)
* Victor
* Zen (Japanese sub-label of Victor)

### Distribution

* 3CG Records
* AI Entertainment (a division of Mnet Media's FNC Music, co-distributed with Warner Music Japan)
* Bad News
* D-topia Entertainment
* Daipro-X
* Marquee, Inc.
* Milan Records
* RCA Records
* Revolver Music
* Substance
* Teichiku Entertainment (Subsidiary of Victor Entertainment until 2015.)
** BAIDIS
** Be-tam-ing
** Continental
** Imperial Records
** Imperial International
** KIDSDOM (Animation Related Label)
** MONAD (Haruomi Hosono Private Label)
** Non-Standard (Haruomi Hosono Produce Label)
** Overseas Records
** PROGRAM (Katsumi Tanaka Private Label ~2000)
** TOHO Records (Master Rights Only)
** Takumi Note
** Teichiku Records
** TMC Music
*** 246 Records
** Union Records
*** Union Black Records
* WHD Entertainment Inc. (joint venture between WOWOW, Horipro and Disk Garage)

### Video

* Nelvana
* GAGA Communications
* MediaNet Pictures
* SPO Entertainment
* TBS Video

## Major artists

Listed alphabetically by group or first name. Names are in Western order (given name, family name).
* Atarashii Gakko! (Also under 88rising)
* 9nine (2009–2010)
* Alexandra Stan
* Akino Arai (flying DOG)
* AKINO from bless4 (flying DOG)
* Anthem
* Alesha Dixon
* ALI PROJECT (flying DOG)
* Amorphis
* Angra
* AZKi
* Batten Showjo Tai (Colourful Records)
* The Back Horn
* The Bawdies (Victor/Getting Better)
* Billlie (Japan only)
* Blessed By A Broken Heart
* Buck-Tick (1987–1996; 2016–present under their vanity label Lingua Sounda)
* Chanmina (2016–2017) (Warner Music Japan 2018–present)
* Chiaki Ishikawa (flying DOG)
* CNBLUE (AI Ent./Victor) – left Victor for Warner
* Cocco
* Cravity (Japan only)
* Cross Vein
* cymbals
* D (CJ Victor)
* Daigo☆Stardust
* Death from Above 1979 (Japanese distribution rights)
* Dew
* Doll$Boxx
* Dragon Ash (Mob Squad/Victor)
* FictionJunction (flying DOG)
** FictionJunction YUUKA (flying DOG)
* Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
* Fuki Commune
* Gacharic Spin
* Gari
* Going Under Ground
* Guniw Tools
* Hanson (Japan only)
* Maia Hirasawa (Japan only)
* Leo Ieiri (Colourful Records)
* Impellitteri
* IVVY
* Hiromi Iwasaki
* Jero
* Junko Sakurada
* Kaela Kimura (2013–present)
* Kigurumi
** Kei (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.)
** Miki (joined "Kigurumi" on November 7, 2007.)
** Rena
* Kelly Sweet
* Kigurumichiko
** Rena (Kigurumi)
** Michiko Shimizu
* Kiko Loureiro
* Kiroro
* Kitaro
* Kokia
* Kyōko Koizumi
* Kyūso Nekokami
* Leah Dizon
* Lisa Komine (flying DOG)
* Liv Moon
* Lovebites
* Love Psychedelico
* Lovely Summer Chan
* Lunkhead
* Maaya Sakamoto (flying DOG)
* Mamamoo (Japan only)
* Mariko Takahashi
* Masumi
* Matt Bianco
* May'n (flying DOG)
* Megumi Nakajima (flying DOG)
* Merry
* Miho Hatori
* Mika Arisaka
* Miki Matsubara (1987–1989)
* Minmi
* Miz
* Nano (flying DOG)
* never young beach
* Noriko Sakai (1987–2009)
* Nujabes
* Orange Range (2012–, Spice Records/Super Echo Label/Speedstar Records)
* ONF (Japan only)
* Paris Match
* PIG
* Pink Lady
* Plastic Tree (CJ Victor)
* Purple Kiss (Japan only)
* Quruli
* Remioromen
* Reol
* Rimi Natsukawa
* ROMEO (Park Jung Min | SS501)
* ROUND TABLE featuring Nino (flying DOG)
* Rurika Yokoyama (CJ Victor)
* Sakanaction
* savage genius (flying DOG)
* Sayuri Yoshinaga
* Scandal (her)
* See-Saw (flying DOG)
* Sung Si-kyung
* Shinichi Mori
* Shunsuke Kiyokiba (former EXILE vocalist that was signed under Avex)
* SikTh – Japan only
* Silent Descent
* SMAP
** Masahiro Nakai
** Kimura Takuya
** Goro Inagaki (also goes by &G)
** Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
** Shingo Katori
* Southern All Stars
* Steve Barakatt
* Supergroupies
* Sweet Vacation
** Yuko Hara (solo and duet releases with SMAP member Shingo Katori)
** Keisuke Kuwata/Kuwata Band
** Hiroshi Matsuda
** Kazuyuki Sekiguchi
* Tokino Sora
* Toy-Box
* Traffic Light. (MeseMoa.'s sub-group)
* UA
* VIXX (CJ Victor)
* Wonho (Japan only)
* Yoko Kanno (flying DOG)
* Yuki Kajiura (flying DOG)
* Yukio Hashi
* Zardonic
* Sambomaster

## Video games
### Victor Music/Ent.

| Title | Platform(s) | Release date |
| Banana | Famicom | September 8, 1986 |
| Hana no Star Kaidou | Famicom | March 17, 1987 |
| Outlanders | Famicom | December 4, 1987 |
| Fisherman Sanpei | Famicom | March 17, 1988 |
| Ys | Famicom | August 26, 1988 |
| Makyou Densetsu | PC Engine | September 23, 1988 |
| Kaguya Hime Densetsu | Famicom | December 16, 1988 |
| Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead | PC Engine | March 24, 1989 |
| Kagami no Kuni no Legend | CD-ROM² | October 27, 1989 |
| Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf | PC Engine | November 24, 1989 |
| Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf | CD-ROM² | September 14, 1990 |
| Tiger Road | PC Engine | February 23, 1990 |
| Flappy Special | Game Boy | March 23, 1990 |
| Sansara Naga | Famicom | March 23, 1990 |
| King of Casino | PC Engine | March 30, 1990 |
| Ys II | Famicom | May 25, 1990 |
| Ultrabox Soukangou | CD-ROM² | June 15, 1990 |
| Veigues Tactical Gladiator | PC Engine | June 29, 1990 |
| Magical Dinosaur Tour | CD-ROM² | August 24, 1990 |
| Jangou | Famicom | August 30, 1990 |
| Ankoku Densetsu | PC Engine | September 7, 1990 |
| Boulder Dash | Game Boy | September 21, 1990 |
| Ultrabox 2-gou | CD-ROM² | September 28, 1990 |
| Toy Shop Boys | PC Engine | December 14, 1990 |
| Ultrabox 3-gou | CD-ROM² | December 26, 1990 |
| Niji no Silkroad | Famicom | February 22, 1991 |
| Ys III | Famicom | September 27, 1991 |
| Nontan to Issho: KuruKuru Puzzle | Super Famicom, Game Boy | 1994 |
| Tournament Leader | Sega Saturn | August 23, 1996 |
| Tournament Leader | PlayStation | August 23, 1996 |

### Victor/JVC Music

| Title | Platform(s) | Release date |
| Boulder Dash | NES | June 1990 |
| Choplifter II | Game Boy | June 21, 1991 |
| Star Wars | NES | November 1991 |
| Dungeon Master | Super NES | December 20, 1991 |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | NES | March 1992 |
| Defenders of Dynatron City | NES | July 1992 |
| Wonder Dog | Sega CD | September 25, 1992 |
| Super Star Wars | Super NES | November 1992 |
| Wolfchild | Sega CD | December 1992 |
| Wolfchild | Sega Genesis | March 1993 |
| AH-3 Thunderstrike | Sega CD | January 1993 |
| The Secret of Monkey Island | Sega CD | February 1993 |
| Keio Flying Squadron | Sega CD | August 6, 1993 |
| Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Super NES | October 1993 |
| Samurai Shodown | Sega CD | 1993 |
| Jaguar XJ220 | Sega CD | 1993 |
| Syvalion | Super NES | 1993 |
| Heimdall | Sega CD | March 18, 1994 |
| Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep | Sega CD | March 25, 1994 |
| Star Wars: Rebel Assault | Sega CD | March 1994 |
| Magic Boy | Super NES | September 1994 |
| Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | Super NES | October 1994 |
| Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures | Super NES | October 1994 |
| Ghoul Patrol | Super NES | November 1994 |
| Time Cop | Super NES | February 17, 1995 |
| Fatal Fury Special | Sega CD | March 31, 1995 |
| Big Sky Trooper | Super NES | September 1995 |
| King of Boxing | Sega Saturn | October 20, 1995 |
| Emmitt Smith Football | Super NES | November 1995 |
| SeaBass Fishing | Sega Saturn | February 23, 1996 |
| Keio Flying Squadron 2 | Sega Saturn | May 17, 1996 |
| Impact Racing | Sega Saturn | July 5, 1996 |
| Impact Racing | PlayStation | July 5, 1996 |
| Highway 2000 | Sega Saturn | September 1996 |
| Hyper Tennis: Final Match | PlayStation | November 1996 |
| Victory Boxing Champion Edition | PlayStation | December 1996 |
| Pinball Graffiti | Sega Saturn | September 1996 |
| Wing Over | PlayStation | 1997 |

### JVC Music Europe

| Title | Platform(s) | Release date |
| Tetris Plus | PlayStation | October 1997 |
| Yusha: Heaven's Gate | PlayStation | October 1997 |
| Peak Performance | PlayStation | November 1997 |
| BRAHMA Force | PlayStation | March 1998 |
| Indy 500 | PlayStation | April 1998 |
| No One Can Stop Mr. Domino! | PlayStation | September 1998 |
| Victory Boxing 2 | PlayStation | October 1998 |
| Pop'n Pop | PlayStation | 1998 |
| Pop'n Pop | Game Boy Color | 2001 |
| Psychic Force 2 | PlayStation | September 19, 2000 |
| Vampire Hunter D | PlayStation | 2000 |
| RayCrisis | PlayStation | 2000 |
| Panzer Front | PlayStation | April 17, 2001 |